Toy machine gun



' Jan. 8 1924.

A. R. BROWN TOY MACHINE GUN Filed April 22, 1922 mvmran ADAM 1% BROWN z IIIIl/l/l/l/Ag WITNESSES ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 8, 1924. I

UNITED STATES 1,480,499 PATENT OFFICE.

ADAM RANDOLPH BROWN, 01 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

TOY MACHINE GUN.

Application filed April 22, 1922. Serial No. 558,041.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I ADAM R. BROWN, a

citizen of the United tates, and a resident of Louisville, in the county of J etferson and State of Kentucky, have mvented new and useful Improvements in Toy Machine Guns, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in toys, particularly toy machine guns an object of the invention being to provide a toy of this character which will prove interesting and amusing to children, and a device which will be efficient in operation, and easy to mani ulate.

Stil another object is to provide a toy machine gun which will be simple and practical in construction, strong and durable in use, and which can be manufactured with com arative econom ith these and ot er objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawmgs:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my 1mproved toy;

Figure 2 is a view in longitudinal section therethrough; and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view 1n rear elevation thereof.

Referring in detail to the drawings, I have used the reference numerals 1, 1 to designate a pair of fplates spaced apart and each secured at its orward edge to the upper end of a leg or standard'2. Cooperating with the leg 2 to form a supportin frame for the plates are a air of inclin legs 3 secured to the outside? cent their lower rear corners. A strengthening cross bar 4 connects the legs 3. A brace 5 between the leg 2 and the cross bar 4 tends to lend rigidly to the construction.

An opening 6 in the le 2 adjacent its upper end accommodates e. inner or breech end of a barrel 7. The barrel is slightly inclined and immediately thereabove and resting'thereon, I provide a bullet chamber 8 of tubular shape which is likewise inclined, and at its lower end near the breech of the barrel is provided with an opening 9, registering with an opening 10 in the top of the barrel to permit the vitational delivery of the bullets 11 into the barrel.

' 18 havi action of the weaker spring 17.

aces of the plates adja- These bullets are preferably in the form of rubber balls. The closed rear end of the chamber may also be accommodated in the opening 6 and held in place by a screw 12 or other suitable securing device.

I have used the reference numeral 13 to designate an ejector in the form of a rod having one end located in the breech of the barrel just behind the opening 10 and its other enlarged end 14 ridin in ooves 15 on the inner faces of the p ates. A block 16 is secured to the rear face of the leg 2 just below the lates and a flat spring 17 having one end xed to the block engages at its free end with the ejector 13 tending to normally hold the same in the retracted position shown in Fi re 2.

I provide a novel orm of mechanism for striking the ejector to effect shooting of the bullets from the barrel. The striker itself is in the form of a relatively large fiat spring one end secured to a block 19 fixed to t e rear face of the leg 2 adjacent its lower end and tending to normally project the ejector into the barrel a ainst the e striker is forced rearwardly and then let fly against the ejector to shoot the bullets from the barrel by a trigger 20 mounted upon a crank shaft 21 journalled in two upward extensions 22 of the plates 1. This trigger includes a pair of oppositely disposed arms 23 successively engageable with the free end of the striker 18 to 'move the same rearwardly and then let the striker spring back against the ejector. A crank handle 23 may be provided for operating the crank armto rotate the trigger and a handle 24 secured to the opposite plate 1 from the plate with which the crank handle is associated provides manually graspable means for firmly holding the frame of the gun in place as the handle is rotated.

A flexible device 25 secured to the frame in any approved manner carries a cap 26 adapted to normally close the open outer end of the chamber 8 after the ammunition has been introduced therein.

The 0 eration of the device is as follows: The bul ets or balls are first introduced .into the chamber 8 and roll by ravity toward the inner end of the same. he size of the openings 9 and 10 in the chamber and barrel are such that the dropping of one ball through these openings into the barrel, where it rests agamst the ejector 13, will effectively block the passage of other balls into the barrel. Rotation of the crank handle 23' (the operator meanwhile grasping the handle 24 with his other hand) will cause the arms of the trigger to successively force the striker rearwardly and as one arm of the trigger slips over the top of the striker, the striker will fly back toward the position indicated in dotted lines in Figure 2, striking the ejector and propelling the bullet from the barrel. The movement of the ejector is limited by the movement of its enlarged end 14 in the groove 15. As the other arm of the trigger upon continued rotation of the shaft 21 engages with the striker and again moves the striker rear-.

wardly, the spring 17 will restore the ejector to its normal position and permit the dropping of another bullet into the breech of the barrel. It will be seen from the foregoing description that the toy will be capable of rapid operation.

I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, but numerous slight changes and alterations might be made. in the general form and arrangement of the parts described without departing from the invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details set forth, but shall consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims,

I claim:

1. In a toy machine n, a plurality of plates held in spaced re ation with respect to each other, a barrel carried by the plates and positioned therebetween, an ejector movable in the barrel and extending therefrom, said plates being provided with cooperating grooves to receive that portion of the ejector extending beyond the barrel to maintain the same in alinement with the barrel.

2. In a toy machine gun, a pair of vertically disposed plates secured 1n spaced relation to one another, a barrel mounted between the plates and extending therebeyond, an ejector slidable in said barrel and extending therefrom between said plates, said ejector being provided with an enlarged head and sald lates being grooved adjacent to the breech end of the barrel to receive eec es said head to support the ejector in alinement with the barrel. y

3. In a toy machine gun, a pair of plates held in spaced relation, a support therefor, a gun barrel mounted between the plates an ejector slidable in the barrel and extendin therefrom between the lates, said extended portion having guided? movement in the plates'and provided with a recess, a leaf spring carried by the support and engaging said recess to retain the ejector partly withdrawn from the barrel in a retracted position, a second leaf spring secured to the support and adapted to engage the ejector, and a revoluble armed trigger for moving the last named spring rearwardly and then rea pair of verleasing it.

4. In a toy machine tically disposed plates in spaced relation, supports therefor, a gun barrel mounted between the plates, a magazine communicating with the barrel, an ejector slidable in the barrel and extending therefrom between the plates, said: extended end terminating in. an enlarged head, said plates being provlded with cooperating grooves to receive the head to maintain the said ejector in alinement with the barrel.

5.v In a toy machine gun, a gun barrel, :1 magazine associated therewith, an ejector movable in the barrel, a striker mechanism engageable with the ejector to shoot a projectile from the barrel and a spring engaging the ejector to retract the same after firing to effect the loading of another projectile from the magazine.

6. In a toy machine gun, a support, a gun barrel secured at one end to the support, an

ejector movable therein and extending therefrom and having guided movement in the support, a magazine associated with the barrel, a'spring engageable with the extended portion of the ejector to move the same to a normally retracted position to load the barrel from the magazine, a leaf spring striker adapted to engage the end of the ejector and functioning to overcome the tension of said retractile spring to shoot a projectile from the barrel, and a revoluble trigger having arms for moving the striker rearwardly and then releasing it.

ADAM RANDOLPH BROWN 

